#107 How to Change Negative Self Talk, Cultivate Self-Compassion & Why We Self Sabotage with Iris McAlpin

In today's episode, we interview trauma professional and coach, Iris McAlpin. She is a NARM Practitioner and specializes in self-sabotage and eating disorders. Grab a pen and notebook for this one, it's jammed packed with very practical tips and strategies that you can implement into your life right now if you are struggling with negative self-talk, self-judgment, a lack of self-compassion, feeling like you are not productive enough, self-sabotage, feeling not good enough and more. 

Topics we cover:

What is trauma (capital T and lower-case T)

Why we have negative self-talk and how to start to transform it

How to cultivate self-compassion

Why we self-sabotage and how to stop

How to trade judgment for curiosity

Why we tell ourselves we're not good enough - hint: it's a way to protect ourselves

Why there is no such thing as a negative emotion 

How to think about "negative" emotions differently and in a more helpful way

How to separate emotions from behaviors and why this matters

And so much more! 

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